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Published 15:44 20 Jan 2022 GMT
Updated 17:22 20 Jan 2022 GMT
Johnson is currently in hot water/Via Getty[/caption]
While the announcement was met with cheers from the Tory backbenchers, scientists are not so sure.
Professor Francois Balloux, a professor and director at UCL Genetics Institute, told HuffpostUK that falling cases does not mean we won't be hit with waves in the future.
"An overly fast return to pre-pandemic behaviour could lead to viral flares, which could cause considerable problems for the NHS, and may risk further delaying the return to 'post-pandemic normal'," he said.
Similarly, Dr Peter English, retired consultant in communicable disease control, suggested that easing some restrictions may be a better course of action.
He said, "It may be reasonable to relax some of the non-pharmaceutical interventions," but the government should keep the "legal obligation to wear a well-fitting, good quality mask in indoor public spaces and public transport."
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said that passengers must continue to wear masks on London buses and health secretary Sajid Javid has also said he will continue to wear one when he goes shopping.
Cases are dropping in the UK/Via Getty[/caption]
On Wednesday the UK recorded 108,069, daily infections. The figure was 652,469 over the last seven days - a 37.5 per cent drop from the previous week. Similarly, the UK has seen a 4.9 per cent decrease in patients being admitted to hospital over the past week.
However, deaths over the past seven days have increased by 181 - or 8.2 per cent - but such figures are expected to fluctuate.
When Plan B was enacted on 8 December the UK recorded 51,342 infections and 61 deaths.

Germany's cases are rising/Via Getty[/caption]
In total, there have been 108,228,000 reported infections and 1,930,000 reported deaths in Europe to date.
France reported a record-breaking 464,769 new cases earlier this week while also experiencing 288 hospital deaths, taking the total to 100,339.
The US tops the daily infection rate with 752,699 which has been averaged over a seven day period. The US is followed by India (271,549), Italy (178,332) and Argentina (111,701). It is however important to remember that these numbers fluctuate, but accurate daily figures can be obtained here.
81.1 per cent of Spanish residents are fully vaccinated and the daily average of new infections comes just above our own at 138,172.
While Germany is currently reporting an average of 76,257 new cases a day, that number has been rising consistently over time.
In Scandinavia, Sweden is reporting 24,369 new cases a day and has currently fully vaccinated 89.6 per cent of its population.
Out of the 48 countries on the Reuters European covid map, only four countries are seen not to be at peak infections: the UK, Malta, Isle of Man and Greece.

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